The other day when S.T.A.T presented different uses of technology to the faculty and staff at Ashland High School, a very important point was brought up. What would be more efficient for students? Having an in school iPad for each student, or a chromebook for each student?
Before I begin I would like to state that I am absolutely against chromebook. I am against chromebook because it is unlike most laptops. Now a days a laptop can do almost anything, on the flip side, a chromebook is very much limited. Chromebook does not allow the user to download any personal programs that the user may like. The user is forced to use the programs provided by chrome. Furthermore most chromebook batteries only last for about three hours. But! For school use, all of these disabilities might be turned into advantages!
For example, students would not be able to goof off and play games they normally play. They would be forced to focus on their projects/essays. Because chromebook is centered around google accounts it makes it easier for Ashland Students to log in with their @ashland.k12.ma.us account and have everything synced to the computer. This would be an ease of access way to work on essays and projects assuming students use their google accounts for these reasons. Chromebooks disadvantage of only using programs provided by chrome is a good thing in this scenario because the only thing students could actually do is use google drive, which connects them, easily, with all of their documents.
Before I begin I would like to state that I am absolutely against chromebook. I am against chromebook because it is unlike most laptops. Now a days a laptop can do almost anything, on the flip side, a chromebook is very much limited. Chromebook does not allow the user to download any personal programs that the user may like. The user is forced to use the programs provided by chrome. Furthermore most chromebook batteries only last for about three hours. But! For school use, all of these disabilities might be turned into advantages!
For example, students would not be able to goof off and play games they normally play. They would be forced to focus on their projects/essays. Because chromebook is centered around google accounts it makes it easier for Ashland Students to log in with their @ashland.k12.ma.us account and have everything synced to the computer. This would be an ease of access way to work on essays and projects assuming students use their google accounts for these reasons. Chromebooks disadvantage of only using programs provided by chrome is a good thing in this scenario because the only thing students could actually do is use google drive, which connects them, easily, with all of their documents.
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